Helene D. Gayle is president and CEO of CARE USA.An expert on health, global development and humanitarian issues, she spent 20 years with the Centers for Disease Control, working primarily on HIV/AIDS.Dr. Gayle then directed the HIV, TB and Reproductive Health Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
At CARE, she heads one of the world's premier humanitarian organizations, with programs in nearly 70 countries to end poverty.

Dr. Gayle has been appointed by the Obama Administration to serve as chair of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, and on the President's Commission on White House Fellowships.
Named one of Foreign Policy magazine's "Top 100 Global Thinkers," Newsweek's top 10 "Women in Leadership" and the Wall Street Journal's "50 Women to Watch," as well as one of the "100 Most Influential Atlantans" and the "100 Most Influential Georgians," Dr. Gayle has published numerous scientific articles and been featured by media outlets like the New York Times, Washington Post, ForbesWoman, Glamour, O magazine, National Public Radio and CNN.

Dr. Gayle was born and raised in Buffalo, NY.She earned a B.A. in psychology at Barnard College, an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Gayle serves on several boards, including the Center for Strategic and International Studies, ONE, the Rockefeller Foundation, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Institute of Medicine.She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Bretton Woods Committee and the American Public Health Association.

Helene D. GaylePresident and Chief Executive Officer of CARE USAPrior to joining CARE in 2006, Dr. Gayle was an executive in the Global Health program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation from 2001 to 2006.She previously held multiple key positions at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
Independent Director - Elected director in 2010.

Dr. Gayle has been a director of The Coca-Cola Company since April 24, 2013.Dr. Gayle has been President and Chief Executive Officer of CARE USA, a leading international humanitarian organization, since 2006.From 2001 to 2006, she served as program director in the Global Health Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.Dr. Gayle started her 20-year career in public health at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ("CDC") in 1984 where she held various positions, ultimately becoming the director of the CDC's National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention in 1995.She is also a Director of Colgate-Palmolive Company.